Background
Fleck, Charles J. was born on May 1, 1940 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Genevieve (Knaus) Fleck.
Fleck, Charles J. was born on May 1, 1940 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Genevieve (Knaus) Fleck.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts, 1963). Valparaiso Law School (Juris Doctor, 1967). Listed in Best Lawyers of America, by Neifeh and Smith, 1987.
Worked at Schiller, Du Canto and Fleck (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Family Law, including all phases of Matrimonial Litigation, Financial Discovery and Analysis, Tax Considerations and Retirement Benefits, Negotiation and Mediation, Custody and Visitation and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
Listed in Best Lawyers of America, by Neifeh and Smith, 1987, 1989 educated
Author: "Discussion of New Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Acting," a paper presented at the Illinois Judges Association Annual Convention, December 2, 1977. "Proving Up Defaults Under the New Dissolution of Marriage Acting," Northwestern Bar Association Law Journal, April 1978.
"The Illinois Constitution and the Amendatory Veto;" "Child Snatching by Parents: What Remedies for Flee and Plea," Kent Law Review, Volume 55, Number. 11, 1979; "Child Snatching by Parents," Northwest Bar Association Law Journal, February 1980.
"Recent Developments in Marital Property Law," Illinois Bar Journal, Volume 68, Number.
11, July 1980. "Taming Transmutation: A Guide to Illinois New Rules on Property Classification and Division," Volume 72, Number. 7, 1984; "Historical Impact and Practical Application of Alternatives Bachelor of Arts of the Uniform Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Acting," 1981 Edition, Institute of Matrimonial Lawyers, a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, March 1981.
"Special Contributions to Illinois Legal Systems," Domestic Relations, Matthew Bender Legal Systems, 1984.
"Practice Tips: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words," American Bar Association Family Advocate, Volume 11, Number. 1, Summer, 1988; "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound in Attorneys Fees," American Bar Association Family Advocate, Summer, 1988. "FinPlan"s Divorce Planner," American Bar Association Family Advocate, Winter, 1992 issue.
Chapter 18, Illinois Family Law, "Marital Settlement Agreements," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1992.
Lecturer and Seminar Panelist: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Illinois Chapter, September, 1991 "Contributions Pursuant to Secretary 503(c)(1) & (2) and 503 (d)(1) of the IMDMA". Illinois Institute Foreign Continuing Legal Education, March, 1988.
Illinois Bar Association, June and December, 1988. Member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1971-1976.
Member, House Judiciary Committee and Chairman, Select Subcommittee on Divorce Legislation, 1974-1975.
Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1968-1970. Judge: Circuit Court of Cook County, Trial Section of the Domestic Relations Division, 1978-1979. Motions Section of the Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1979.
Chief Presiding Judge, Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1979-1982.
Member, 1979-1982 and Chairman, 1981 for Seminar Panels on Matrimonial Law presentations to Chicago Bar Association. Member, 1978 and Chairman, 1980-1982, Matrimonial Law Seminar Committee, Annual Associate and Circuit Judges Conference of Illinois convened by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Family Law Seminar Panelist, Illinois Bar Association, June and December, 1988. Panelist, American Bar Association"s Joint Family Law/Litigation Seminar Panel at Annual Meeting, Hawaii, 1989.
Seminar Panelist, American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, Chicago, 1988.
Annual Convention, San Francisco, 1992. Annual Convention, New York City, 1993. January and November 1994, address to Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society.
May 1995, Seminar Panelist, Illinois Institute, Legal Education, "Marital Settlement Agreements".
Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1980-1982. Member, Committees on: Matrimonial Law.
Legislation and Judicial Candidates, 1982), Illinois State (Member: Bench and Bar Section-Council, 1983, Chairman, 1987. Family Law Section, 1982-1989.
ISBA Statewide Seminar Panelist, Domestic Relations Issues) and American (Member, Family Law Advisor to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for the Revision of the Uniform Rules of Evidence, 1985-1986.
Member: Family Law Section. Vice Chairman: Trial Techniques Committee, 1983) Bar Associations. Illinois Judges Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1980-1982.
Lecturer and Seminar Panelist, Chicago, 1979).
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Schiller, Du Canto and Fleck is the largest law firm in the country to devote its practice exclusively to matrimonial law.
The firm was founded in 1981 by Chicago attorneys Donald C. Schiller and Joseph North. Du Canto. Charles J. Fleck, former presiding judge of the Cook County Domestic Relations Division, joined in 1982.
Firm members are nationally recognized experts in all aspects of matrimonial law, and many are current and past leaders of local, state and national bar associations.
Member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1971-1976. Member, House Judiciary Committee and Chairman, Select Subcommittee on Divorce Legislation, 1974-1975. Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1968-1970.
Judge: Circuit Court of Cook County, Trial Section of the Domestic Relations Division, 1978-1979.
Motions Section of the Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1979. Chief Presiding Judge, Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1979-1982.
Member, 1979-1982 and Chairman, 1981 for Seminar Panels on Matrimonial Law presentations to Chicago Bar Association. Member, 1978 and Chairman, 1980-1982, Matrimonial Law Seminar Committee, Annual Associate and Circuit Judges Conference of Illinois convened by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Family Law Seminar Panelist, Illinois Bar Association, June and December, 1988.
Panelist, American Bar Association"s Joint Family Law/Litigation Seminar Panel at Annual Meeting, Hawaii, 1989. Seminar Panelist, American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, Chicago, 1988. Annual Convention, San Francisco, 1992.
Annual Convention, New York City, 1993.
January and November 1994, address to Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society. May 1995, Seminar Panelist, Illinois Institute, Legal Education, "Marital Settlement Agreements".
Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1980-1982. Member, Committees on: Matrimonial Law.
Legislation and Judicial Candidates, 1982), Illinois State (Member: Bench and Bar Section-Council, 1983, Chairman, 1987.
Family Law Section, 1982-1989. ISBA Statewide Seminar Panelist, Domestic Relations Issues) and American (Member, Family Law Advisor to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for the Revision of the Uniform Rules of Evidence, 1985-1986. Member: Family Law Section.
Married Sheila Lavery, May 16, 1948. Children: Logan, Taylor.